Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) president Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman will be charged with sedition at the Kajang Sessions Court tomorrow.
This is in relation to his controversial remarks that Chinese Malaysians are "intruders".
In a statement, Abdullah said he has received the police warrant and will be present at the court tomorrow.
Abdullah will answer the charge for an article he published on Isma’s website on May 6, which claimed that “the Chinese came together with the British as invaders”.
The article, which contained these questionable sentences was picked up by many mainstream and alternative media:
“Who gave them (the Chinese) the right to citizenship and riches until their wealth are protected to this day and age?
“This is all the work of British in cahoots with the Chinese to trample on and bully the Malays.”
Malay rights NGO Isma has been unrepentant on the matter, saying Abdullah merely spoke out against non-Muslims who protested against the implementation of hudud in Malaysia.
Abdullah considers them to be “lacking self-awareness and had wrongfully tried to meddle in Islamic affairs”.
Isma said lawyer Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid from Lokman Reena & Co would defend Abdullah in court.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General’s Office has issued a statement saying that four people in total, including Abdullah Zaik, would be charged in courts tomorrow with uttering seditious remarks under the Sedition Act 1948.
Earlier, it was reported that DAP’s Seri Delima assemblyperson RSN Rayer was to be charged in Penang for his “Umno celaka” remark under the same British-era act.
In another development, Mohd Ridzwan Bakar and 15 other men who stormed the state assembly building on May 21 to look for Rayer will also hauled to court but to answer to trespassing charges, the AG’s Office said.
The other two less-well-known individuals to be charged were Gopinath Jayaratnam and Hidayat Muhamad, who will answer for posting bad remarks on their Facebook pages.
Gopinath allegedly published a statement insulting God (Allah) and Prophet Muhammad, while Hidayat similarly allegedly posted a remark insulting Hindus during Thaipusam on Jan 17.
This is in relation to his controversial remarks that Chinese Malaysians are "intruders".
In a statement, Abdullah said he has received the police warrant and will be present at the court tomorrow.
Abdullah will answer the charge for an article he published on Isma’s website on May 6, which claimed that “the Chinese came together with the British as invaders”.
The article, which contained these questionable sentences was picked up by many mainstream and alternative media:
“Who gave them (the Chinese) the right to citizenship and riches until their wealth are protected to this day and age?
“This is all the work of British in cahoots with the Chinese to trample on and bully the Malays.”
Malay rights NGO Isma has been unrepentant on the matter, saying Abdullah merely spoke out against non-Muslims who protested against the implementation of hudud in Malaysia.
Abdullah considers them to be “lacking self-awareness and had wrongfully tried to meddle in Islamic affairs”.
Isma said lawyer Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid from Lokman Reena & Co would defend Abdullah in court.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General’s Office has issued a statement saying that four people in total, including Abdullah Zaik, would be charged in courts tomorrow with uttering seditious remarks under the Sedition Act 1948.
Earlier, it was reported that DAP’s Seri Delima assemblyperson RSN Rayer was to be charged in Penang for his “Umno celaka” remark under the same British-era act.
In another development, Mohd Ridzwan Bakar and 15 other men who stormed the state assembly building on May 21 to look for Rayer will also hauled to court but to answer to trespassing charges, the AG’s Office said.
The other two less-well-known individuals to be charged were Gopinath Jayaratnam and Hidayat Muhamad, who will answer for posting bad remarks on their Facebook pages.
Gopinath allegedly published a statement insulting God (Allah) and Prophet Muhammad, while Hidayat similarly allegedly posted a remark insulting Hindus during Thaipusam on Jan 17.
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